The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 110-197, by Mrs. Lowey.

Put on a legislative calendar

6/18/2007

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 118.

6/19/2007

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 498 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2764 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be read by paragraph. Bill is open to amendments. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. After general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule.

6/20/2007

Rule H. Res. 498 passed House.

6/20/2007

House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 498 and Rule XVIII.

6/20/2007

Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 498. (consideration: CR H6795-6809, H6818-6819; text of Title I as reported in House: CR 6/21/2007 H6833-6834, H6841-6842, H6846, H6846-6847, H6848, H6849-6850; text of Title II as reported in House: CR 6/21/2007 H6850-6851; text of Title III as reported in House: CR 6/21/2007 H6851-6852, H6854, H6855-6856, H6861-6862, H6873-6874; text of Title IV as reported in House: CR 6/21/2007 H6874-6875; text of Title V as reported in House: CR 6/21/2007 H6876; text of Title VI as reported in House: CR 6/21/2007 H6877-6880, H6881, CR 6/22/2007 H6900-6911, H6912-6913, H6915, H6950)

6/20/2007

Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2764 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be read by paragraph. Bill is open to amendments. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. After general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule.

6/20/2007

The Speaker designated the Honorable Michael E. Capuano to act as Chairman of the Committee.

6/20/2007

GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 2764.

6/20/2007

Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 2764 as unfinished business.

6/20/2007

ORDER OF BUSINESS - Mrs. Lowey asked unanimous consent that during further consideration of H.R. 2764 in the Committee of the Whole pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 498, no amendments to the bill will be in order except those provided on a list at the desk. Agreed to without objection.

6/21/2007

ORDER OF PROCEDURE - Mr. Sires asked unanimous consent that, during further consideration of H.R. 2764 pursuant to H. Res. 498, the Chair may reduce to two minutes the minimum time for electronic voting under clause 6 of rule XVIII and clauses 8 and 9 of rule XX. Agreed to without objection.

The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.

6/21/2007

DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Lincoln Diaz-Balart amendment.

6/21/2007

Amendment (A001) offered by Mr. Diaz-Balart, L..

6/21/2007

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Lincoln Diaz-Balart amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.

6/21/2007

DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Wolf amendment.

6/21/2007

Amendment (A002) offered by Mr. Wolf.

6/21/2007

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Wolf amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Wolf demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.

6/21/2007

Amendment (A003) offered by Mr. Shays.

6/21/2007

DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Shays amendment.

6/21/2007

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Shays amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Shays demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.

6/21/2007

DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Garrett (NJ) amendment.

6/21/2007

Amendment (A004) offered by Mr. Garrett (NJ).

6/21/2007

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Garrett (NJ) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Garrett (NJ) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.

6/21/2007

DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Foxx amendment.

6/21/2007

Amendment (A005) offered by Ms. Foxx.

6/21/2007

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Foxx amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Foxx demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.

6/21/2007

DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the McCaul amendment.

DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Pitts amendment.

6/21/2007

Amendment (A014) offered by Mr. Pitts.

6/21/2007

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Pitts amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Pitts demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.

6/21/2007

Amendment (A015) offered by Ms. Ros-Lehtinen.

6/21/2007

DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Ros-Lehtinen amendment.

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Lowey amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Wolf demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.

DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 45 minutes of debate on the Smith (NJ) amendment.

6/21/2007

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Smith (NJ) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Smith (NJ) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.

6/21/2007

UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Boustany amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Boustany demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.

6/21/2007

DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Gingrey amendment.

Mr. Obey raised a point of order against the Blumenauer amendment (A026). Mr. Obey stated that the provisions of the Blumenauer amendment violated the Budget Act. The Chair sustained the point of order.

6/21/2007

DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Forbes amendment.

DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Ros-Lehtinen amendment.

6/21/2007

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the McGovern amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. McGovern demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Jordan amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Jordan demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.

6/22/2007

DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Price(GA) amendment.

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Price(GA) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Price(GA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.

6/22/2007

DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Musgrave amendment.

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Musgrave amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mrs. Musgrave demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.

6/22/2007

DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment pending reservation of a point of order. Sebsequently, the reservation was removed.

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Pence amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr.Pence demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.

6/22/2007

DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Berkley amendment.

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the King(IA) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. King (IA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.

6/22/2007

DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Lamborn amendment pending reservation of a point of order. Subsequently, the reservation was removed.

On agreeing to Senate amendment with 2nd House amendment: H.R. 2764 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations for FY 2008

12/18/2007

Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendments to Senate amendment.

12/18/2007

Motion to agree to the House amendments to the Senate amendment made in Senate.

12/18/2007

Cloture motion on the motion to agree to House amendments presented in Senate.

12/18/2007

Motion to concur in the House Amendment No. 2 to the Senate amendment with an amendment (SA 3874) made in Senate.

12/18/2007

Motion to concur in the House Amendment No. 1 to the Senate amendment with an amendment (SA 3877) made in Senate.

12/18/2007

The motion to concur in the House Amendment No. 1 to the Senate amendment with an amendment (SA 3877), pursuant to the order of December 18, 2007, having failed to achieve the required 60 votes in the affirmative, was withdrawn in Senate.

12/18/2007

Motion to concur in the House Amendment No. 1 to the Senate amendment made in Senate.

12/18/2007

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

12/18/2007

Amendment SA 3874 proposed by Senator McConnell.

12/18/2007

Proposed amendment SA 3875, pursuant to the order of December 18, 2007, having failed to achieve the required 60 votes in the affirmative, was withdrawn in Senate.

12/18/2007

Proposed amendment SA 3876, pursuant to the order of December 18, 2007, having failed to achieve the required 60 votes in the affirmative, was withdrawn in Senate.

12/18/2007

Proposed amendment SA 3877, pursuant to the order of December 18, 2007, having failed to achieve the required 60 votes in the affirmative, was withdrawn in Senate.

An amendment to provide that none of the funds in the bill may be expended in violation of laws relating to discontinuing granting visas to nationals of countries denying or delaying accepting aliens removed from the U.S.

An amendment to prohibit use of funds in the bill to provide an immigrant or non-immigrant visa to a national or citizen of a country the central government of which has notified the Secretary of State of its refusal to extradite to the United States any individual indicted in the United States for killing a law enforcement officer, as specified in a United States extradition request.

An amendment numbered 6 printed in the Congressional Record to express teh sense of the House of Representatives that any reduction in appropriations in the bill should be dedicated to deficit reduction.

An amendment to prohibit use of funds for availablity to or through any individual, private or government entity, or educational institution that does not expressly recognize the right of the State of Israel to exist.

To provide that, of the amount appropriated or otherwise made available for the Economic Support Fund, $75,000,000 shall be made avilable for programs of the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs of the Department of State to support democracy, the rule of law, and the governance in Iran.

To modify the conditions on the availability of funds for the aerial eradication of coca in Colombia to address circumstances where manual eradication is too impractical or risky and to limit the requirement to implement programs to provide alternative sources of income to areas where conditions exist for successful alternative development.

To strike the provision in section 113 that increases the limit on the United States' share for United Nations peacekeeping operations during fiscal year 2008 from 25 percent to 27.1 percent so that the United States does not pay more than its fair share for United Nations peacekeeping.

To provide that none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act for "Contribution to the International Development Association" may be made available for the World Bank malaria control or prevention programs.

To provide for the spending of $106,763,000 on programs that save children's lives, such as the President's Malaria Initiative, rather than lower priority programs, such as the Global Environment Facility, which produce few results and are managed by the United Nations Development Program, which utilizes corrupt procurement practices, operates contrary to United Nations rules, and retaliates against whistleblowers.

To require the Secretary of State to establish and maintain on the home page of the website of the Department of State a direct link to the website for the Office of Inspector General of the Department of State.

To provide that funds available for International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement should be available for support of efforts of foreign law enforcement authorities to locate United States citizens who have been kidnapped in areas affected by violent drug trafficking.

To provide for the spending of $106,763,000 on programs that save children's lives, such as the President's Malaria Initiative, rather than lower priority programs, such as the Global Environment Facility, which produce few results and are managed by the United Nations Development Program, which utilizes corrupt procurement practices, operates contrary to United Nations rules, and retaliates against whistleblowers.

To prohibit the application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations with respect to the provision of assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

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SA 2765. Mr. LEAHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2764, making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes; as follows:

On page 402, line 22, after ``the'' insert ``transparent and''.

(As printed in the Congressional Record for the Senate on Sep 6, 2007.)

To exclude aliens who have engaged in or advocated terrorist activity on behalf of or received military-type training from a Tier I or II terrorist organization from eligibility for relief from terrorism-related immigration bars.

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